Fortnite: Scams

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Epic’s game Fortnite is not only immensely popular among players, but also among scammers. Since Fortnite gained such a big following, the scams appear in masses and try to take advantage of Fortnite’s success.

Free V-Bucks

Whenever a game has an in-game currency that the player can buy only with money – like V-Bucks – the scammer will claim that he has found a method that makes it possible to give the currency away for free.

Free V-Bucks Generators

Using this method the scammer will try to get at least one of the following points from you and at worst, all of them:

He wants you to do a (fake) survey/ “human verification”, which is most often a hidden pay-subscription

He wants you to share his scam website

He wants you to give him your Fortnite username

He wants you to download the generator

Never trust V-Buck generators

What could happen to you if you use a free V-Bucks generator:

At best

You lose some of your time

At worst

You lose your Epic account

You got malware /a virus on your device

You now have an annoying paid-subscription

Your friends laugh at you because you shared a scammers link

So whenever a website or YouTube video claims it has a “generator” – it is 100% a scam! Do not use these sites and do not download “generators”.

Free V-Buck Giveaways

If you are an active Fortnite player, who also spends some time on YouTube watching Fortnite videos you will probably have noticed them- free V-Buck giveaways.

YouTubers like engagement, like Likes, Subs and Comments. And giveaways are a proven method to increase this engagement. However, a lot of YouTubers are accused and some already proven to be scammers. They say that they give away V-Bucks and Skins, but never announce a winner.

If you want to participate in a free V-Buck giveaway, you should firsthand check if the YouTuber announces the winners.